Planned Events
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will implement new account management technology to multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 ET.
During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
- API Key Manager
- EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
- Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)
- MyUSPTO
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)
- Patent Center (eMOD)
- Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )
- Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)
- Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API
Patent Customers: During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered. If you need to file a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 or follow-on submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use the alternative filing method.
PTAB Customers: If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact PTAB during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.
Trademark Customers: Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing deadline to the next business day. Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.
TTAB Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.
Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi system beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.
During the maintenance period TEASi may be unavailable.
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.
During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.
The following systems will be impacted:
• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the Trademark Official Gazette webpage. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the archived editions page.
• Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available.
• TTAB Reading Room will not be available
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.
The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images:
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.
During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:
• Patent Center
• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
Patent Public Search Maintenance
The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 ET.
During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.
Posted at 04:09AM Aug 16, 2022 in Planned Events |